This came in from
Chuck Baldwin, a commentator
on national affairs. It explained the philosophy of Liberalism in any
extremely frank and simple way. It is posted here for continuing
insight.

Liberalism in a nutshell. . . .

"God is a Joke"

May 26, 1999

A man who identified himself as a Navy pilot spoke those words to
me when I appeared on a television talk show last week. He said he didn't
believe in God and welcomed the military's new policy of recognizing witches
as a legitimate religious group.

Does it matter if our nation's leaders believe in God? Does it matter
if the people we charge with the responsibility of protecting our nation
believe in God? Our country's founders believed it matters.

Our second president, John Adams, said, "We have no government armed
with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality
and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest
cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution
was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to
the government of any other."

What is it that contains the tyrannical tendencies of the Machiavellian
if not a belief in God? What is that disciplines the hearts of those prone
to ruthlessness if not a belief in God? Human laws, alone, are unable to
control the passions and hatred of men. Only the law of God written in man's
heart is able to accomplish this.

Herein lies the root of America's problem. For nearly four decades
we have deliberately tried to expunge the laws of God from the minds and
hearts of our people. We have told them by precept and by principle that
man is his own god, that morality is situational and conditional. We have
expelled God from our schools, from our homes, from our businesses and from
our hearts. Is it any wonder that the dark, undisciplined side of human nature
is beginning to prevail in our land?

This is not accidental or coincidental. It is a calculated strategy
of liberalism. First, they create the environment from which lawlessness
can proliferate. This is accomplished by moving men away from their relationship
and responsibility to God. This breeds hedonism. Hedonism breeds anarchy.
Anarchy breeds tyranny. As men grow farther away from God they become more
evil. Government, then, must step in to protect society. In doing so, government
becomes at once our protector, our provider and our master.

The cycle is then complete. Lost is freedom and independence. Found
is slavery and servitude. An all-pervasive, all-powerful, all intrusive
government has replaced God. What God was to us government has become. The
difference is where God gives life and liberty government gives death and
bondage.

Does it matter if that pilot carrying tons of nuclear explosives
believes in God? Does it matter if that police officer carrying his 9mm pistol
and nightstick believes in God? Does it matter if that president and congressman
believe in God? Does it matter if that hotheaded teenager believes in God?
Does it matter if my neighbor believes in God? Does it matter if that soldier
with his M-16 rifle and hand grenades believes in God? You bet it matters!
Our entire civilization depends on it!

The attempt of liberals to secularize and de-Christianize our schools,
our military and our society is, in effect, an attempt to enslave us. Only
God sets men free. No wonder Patrick Henry said, "It is when people forget
God that tyrants forge their chains." Can you hear that clanging in the
background?

Of course, not all will submit to tyranny. There will be some that
would rather die free than to live enslaved. As George Washington said, "The
thing that separates the American Christian from every other person on earth
is that he would rather die on his feet than live on his knees."

Winston Churchill put it this way:

"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without
bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not so
costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the
odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may be
a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no chance of victory, because
it is better to perish than to live as slaves."

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